Comparative fecundity and associated factors for two sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex occurring sympatrically in The Gambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-391

  Hogg, J C ^a   Thomson, M C ^b   Hurd, H ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles gambiae; bloodmeal size; mosquito fecundity; mosquito size; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM;

BLOOD FEEDING; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; MOSQUITO;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0030301570     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00761.x     Document Type: Article

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